The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-17
Thu VALLEY OF ViPORS.
A NUISANCE TO VISITORS Re-
CRIVING ABATEMENT.
The Natural Gas DlscoVery-A Plea
for q PrlsoRer-Ihs New Raj
road-0ther Matters.
looaHrsroxDusor or TEE irrHAL.I

lOOhhhnFOHDnNth VI Inh
HoT SPRINGS, ARK, Jnne l5.-The
county authorities are giving their a.
tention to violations OF the liquor and
gaming laws, while the city officers
are kept busy sitting the misaoings OF
doctor drummers A bold stand has
been taken sgainst the systematic
evils attendant upon the means EN-.
ployed by the drunmers to get pa
tents for their employers. The mu-
nicipal government has appealed to
the railroads for their cooperation,
which Is essential in downiug the
methods reeorted to. An ordinances
re suiIes doctor drummeis to get cut q
license and to wear badge giving the
name OF the physician represented by
the wearer. This ordinance Is vir-
tually probibtory one and is ignored
by the drummers. The officers now
take 1t upon themselves when they
zee a visitor in the c5mpany OF no.
iorious drummer for q doctor, to warn
him In the drnmme,'s. presence and
caution him against the wiles prac-
tced TO steer the unwary. The au.
thoriiies have succeeded in check.
mating and regulating the system to a
great extent, and fewer complaints
are heard from visitors now than ever
before.
Report has 1t that the Atchison, To
pska aud Santa Fe a lroad lie backing
the project 10 build the Texsrksna
and Northern road, which Is to extend
from TexsikaDa nerthwa'd to Fort
Smith. 1t will penetrate section a.
yet undeveloped, but tesminR with
great natural advantages. Beds OF
iron in Polk county have already at
tracted attention, and a company is
formed TO erect large B,ssemer steel
plant at some point in that locality. A
report reaches here from Black Springs
OF the discovery OF native wire gold.
1t was washed out of the sluics box at
the Grover mine This is something
OF an index 10 the possibilities of that
section.
As already noted in the APPEAL's
specials, the reported discovery Of
natural gas In Pike and CLARK coun-
ties, south Of here, is attracting atten.
tention. Oh is said to have been
taken from the salt spring near Arka-
delphia and fred successfully. A
prominent citzsn of Arkadelphia is
quoted az saying: "During the war
the Confederate Government estab-
lshed large works at this spring, from
which traces Of coal oil flow. Parties
have been making salt there for the
last sixty or seventy years. The Con-
federate Government from this source
managed to supply tho whole trans
Mississippi department with salt,
which was obtained by boiling the wa
ter ia large pans. After the works had
been abandoned by the authorities
private individuals took hold and con.
tinued the manufacture OF salt"
Prof. ]. q. Branner, the new State
Geologist, is expected to enter upon
his duties shortly, and an early report
upon these discoveries will probably
determine whether there 10 natural
gas in Arkansas.
President John II. Rice, of the New
Orleans, Natchez and Fort Scott rail-
way, Is in the East, and writes here
that he Ia making arrangements look
ing to the early commencement of
work on that gre at trunk line project.
The squabble over the right of way
on Grand avenue in THO city will be
d atermined by competent engineers.
II they find that to be the only feast.
BILE route In and out of the city the
properly holders and City Council will
consent to the right Of way.
Some OF the auherents Of Gen. W.
P. Walsh, the star of the Ella Dyer
scandal, now appearing to full benches
before q magistrate, took umbrage at
recent structures made by local pa
per upon the character OF the PRISON.
er's sympathiz re, one element OF
whom was termed "hoodluln." An
"Irieh American" replying, refutes
the charge and makes a plea for
suspension OF public criticism. More
has been said about this case than the
circumstances justify. 1t has, of
course, been a sweet morsel to lovers
Of the sensational, but the reports Of
the probable dram attic situations have
been greatly exaggerated,
AT least two railroads are not oh
serving the restriction placed upon
passenger fare by the late Legislature.
According to information received
here the st. Louis and San Francisco
and the Memphis and Little Rock
both decline to reduce fare to the pre-.
scribed limit of 3 cents per mile. A
Hot Springs passenger travelling over
the Memphis and Little r )ok recently
rendered the amount OF his fare COM
puted at 8 cents and refused to pay
more. He was elected from the rain
and a damage suit will be the probable
sequence. A somewhat similar case
was tried few days ago in the Pulaski
Circuit Court, aud verdict was rem
de- cd for the plaintiff, but the railroad
company appealed to the Supreme
Court. The short line roads are re-
s'riCted to cents per mile aud the
Hot Springs line, twenty-five miles in
length, is observing the regulation.
1t has been intimsted that the con-
trollers of the Memphis and Little
r ok property are not disposed to en-
large their Investments in Arkansas
no long as the fine Italian hand of the
Legislative ttmperer continues to
show itself. FIX.